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Saturday, March 28, 2009
Bridge Run Coming Up!
The Cooper River Bridge Run is coming up! Every year, in early April, countless hordes of people amass in Mt. Pleasant, and they run or walk over the Cooper River Bridge, now known as the Arthur Ravenel Bridge. The first one was in 1978, and they've done it every year since. It's actually become a very well known 10K race, and people come from all over the world to participate.
This year the race is on April 4, at 8:00 a.m. Coleman Blvd., in Mt. Pleasant will be blocked off for a few hours, and then downtown will be busy shortly after that. It's usually a very busy tourist weekend for the Charleston area, because there are so many people in town. As of today, March 27, there are 32,136 people signed up to run the race. The maximum allowable number of people is 40,000, so it is getting pretty close. The runners (and walkers) are frequently out at area restaurants carb-loading the night before, and then there are celebrations and revelry on Saturday night.
The money goes to charities such as: The MUSC Children's Hospital Fund, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, South Carolina Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association, the American Cancer Society, the Lowcountry Center for Prevention of Child Abuse, and the Coastal Crisis Chaplaincy.
It's a good time for great causes; go register if you haven't done so already. Space is limited!
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